Working from home
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” – Blaise Pascal, Pensées With our restless …
Monochromatic
Last month we shared a photograph on Twitter and Facebook that quickly became our most popular image ever posted on social media. …
Growing up in East Berlin
Long-distance relationships are a tricky thing to master. Not having to argue over banal things such as “toothpaste cap on or off?” …
Learning (to be) German
I was thirteen years old when the Berlin Wall came down. The reunification of East and West Germany happened while I was …
A Declaration of Love
One of the many perks of being a Picture Researcher for an archive as varied as akg-images is being able to time-travel …
Top of the Lake – the power of landscapes!
If, like me, you still get the occasional flashback from Jane Campion’s recent television drama Top of the Lake floating around your head …
Saying cheese since 1838
When, in 1838, Louis Daguerre produced a daguerreotype of the Boulevard de Temple in Paris, the long exposure time of over ten …
Travelling through time with fans
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend a special screening at the BFI Southbank of Remembrance of the Daleks, …
The Titanic and an Ulster fry
Despite the heat I have been thinking about cooked breakfasts. A close friend of mine is moving at the end of the …
Parasols and snowstorms
With London basking in sunshine −and the hot weather here to stay for a few more weeks− I thought I would share …